⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Pelicans stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ NO better than we expected
▼ PHX better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Pelicans.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Pelicans won, and why the Suns did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 38 free throws to their twenty- Gave up second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 5 down to 3 up
Q2 4:16 · NO 41-38 PHX
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run from level to 9 points up
Q4 4:33 · NO 81-72 PHX
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Suns
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 3:08 · NO 20-26 PHX
Bad plays
- Turnover
Shawn Marion Lost Ball. Stolen by Jamal Mashburn.
Q4 4:13 · NO 74-72 PHX
- Turnover
Bo Outlaw Bad Pass
Q4 3:19 · NO 76-72 PHX
- Missed FT
Alton Ford missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 1:47 · NO 81-74 PHX
📊The numbers
| NO | PHX | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 14 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 63 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 7 | Blocks | 6 |
